Texas Suicide Flyer Had Real Populist Grievances

Saturday, February 20 2010 @ 10:39 AM EST

Contributed by: Admin

Joe Stack's suicide screed chafes and exposes a raw wound this country does not know what to do with.

Liberals are dismissing Stack's rant as a brutal anti-government battle cry -- "Tea Party on steroids." Conservatives are dismissing it as the petulant whine of a "victim" who couldn't hack capitalism.

The tortured manifesto cannot be credibly labeled as left- or right-wing. Rather, it's a non-partisan screed against problems roiling the Republic -- and Stack's head -- for years. A crippled economy dominated by political and corporate potentates. A campaign and election system rotted by special interests and money. Byzantine tax laws that baffle small business owners and individuals.

Read the complete story at Alternet.org

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